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l. W. WHITESIDE.

CLEANER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 7. 1922.

Patented Nov. 28, 1922.

avwe'ntoz Patented Nov. 28, 1922.

' umrsn JOHN W. WHITESIDE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CLEANER.

Application filed February 7, 1922.

To all whom it may] concern:

new and useful Improvements in Cleaners, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention relates to improvements in clothes line cleaning devices, and particularly, to that class of such devices as the double pulley type secured adjacent to a house and running thence to a pole in the house yard, which device will be capable of being readily applied to and removed from such pulley clothes lines.

One of the objects of this invention is the provision "of-a device which will be simple, cheap and easy of application and removal, and that will keep the upper line of such a double pulley line clean, so that if clean clothes hanging on the lower line to be dried come in contact with such upper line through being blown against it, or otherwise, such clean clothes will not be soiled.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this application,-

Figure 1 is a side view of the device as applied to a double pulley clothes line, and

Figure 2 is a cross sectional view thereof.

Referring to the drawings, A and B are cylinders or tubes, which will referably be composed of light metal capa le of being struck into shape at one operation and preferably divided into substantially equal parts longitudinally, hinged at C and provided with means for maintaining such two parts in closed relation. The main purpose of tube A is t carry suitable cleaning material D of clean rag or other material suitable for cleaning the clothes line F, which cleaning material will be of such character that it will be sufliciently soft to enter and clean between the strands of the clothes line without leaving lint or other objectionable elements on such line, and held against withdrawal from said tube by pins E, as shown, or in any other suitable manner, and said tube should therefore be somewhat larger in internal diameter than the line F to which it is to be applied, to admit of carrying said cleaning material therein. The tubes A and B will preferably be so joined together that when in position movement of tube B (which may be termed the controlling tube) Serial No. 534,734.

will cause movement of the other tube in the same direction. Any suitable means may be provided for causing such dual movement, as connecting arm G. This arm G will preferably consist, as shown, of a strip of metal similar to that of tubes A, B, in any suitable form and preferably provided with suitable lugs H at each end, adapted for connection to the corresponding tube in any suitable manner, as by rivets, so that it will be adapted to cooperate with suitable parts of said tubes, as shown. This arm will also aid in preventing twisting of the clothes lines whether the lilies are in use or not.

Tube B will preferably be somewhat flattened, as shown, or otherwise suitably shaped in order to furnish proper gripping surface for clothes line F to prevent said tube being carried along the clothes line to which it is attached and also to prevent the line moving through such tube. Tube B will preferably also be somewhat longer than tube A to provide for greater stability of the device and it will preferably also be smaller in internal diameter than tube A, since the latter carries no cleanin material. The tubes A and B will preferab y be provided with hinges of any suitable construction, as C, to permit of their ready application to, and their ready removal from, a clothes line.

I have found in practice that with tube A about 3%" long, tube B should be about 5% long, and the diameter 3 and respectively.

The tubes A and B will beprovided with suitable means for maintaining them in closed position, that shown being preferred and consisting of arm I, pivoted through post Jon the connecting arm G and held in position by screw K, said arm having at one end an operating handle M, to press the spring L which normally maintains the tube parts in closed position, one end of. said spring being suitably secured to handle M and its opposite end unsecured, but limited in its movement and also that of said handle by stop P on connecting arm G. A lug N will be provided on the opposite end of arm I in order that it may be adapted to cooperate with lug Q, on overhanging arm 0 on each of the tubes A, B, preferably through the oppositely inclined contact surfaces on said lugs.

IVhile the device is simple and it is believed its operation will be readily understood from the foregoing, a short description; of the operation thereof will now be given. The tubes are opened when the latches are relieved from pressure of springs L by force applied to handle M. A length of cleaning material will then be applied to the upper clothes line F of the pair of pulley lines to be cleaned, when the upper tube A will be closed to surround the upper line (to whichrthe cleaning material has been applied) and the two parts of the tube then so closed that the pins E will grip the cleaning material, (if applied direct to the clothes line) and in such manner that the lug N will take under lug Q on arm I and be held in that position by spring L. Tube B will then be closed to surround and be held on the lower clothes line in the same manner, the pins therein gripping said line to cause the tubes to move therewith The line will then be pushed or pulled (depending on whether the upper or lower line is used for the purpose) to send the device to the pole end, where it will remain until it is desired to recover it for renewal of cleaning material, repairs, or for other purposes, when the line will be pushed in the opposite direction to thatused for sending it out, and the operation of applying the tubes and cleaning material, reversed in order to remove it from the line.

It will be understood that various changes may be made in the specific construction of the mechanism employed for oarryin out the invention, and that the invention is not to be restricted to the precise details of conthe first tube,and adapted to l e-moved I the movement of a clothes-lin saidtuhes being provided with closing means," 3. A device of the class described. com.- prising a longitudinally divided cylinder or tube provided with means foracarryingl a line cleaning material, a second. tube ii nected tosaid first tube and similarly (1i;- vided and formed to prevent freemdve ne i t longitudinally of the rope provided with closing means.

In testnuonywhereof, have hereunto set my hand.

OH WHIT S PE 

